New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-30

bottle with vehement objects don't answer that
This Is book In which Most tells now to make
mite ami other bombs cheaply and hoS to use them
effectively From the beginning Of the trial Mr. Nco
had stven hard to get it before the jury and Mr. Howe
hal struggled hard 10 keep he jury clear OF M IL.
this tise after l-ng angry wransie. Judge Cowiug
Mr. NGo to guSis % Pas'ae @ iI tm ao %o;
responding decline 10 answer onthe ground that an
answer would tend to criminate me-"
In this way Mr. Nicoll got of the most strik ag
Passages OF the book before the jury while
oi-ction motel" lay back helpless in his chair,
scarlet with suppressed rage; Ihus Mr. NicOl!!
read what Most had written about zen pounds OF
dynamite being necessary to destroy ordinary BALD
ing, unless confined in chimney or ssmo snch place,
for a big building a church how use bombs with,
out Gasger to the person using them he " spie"uid
results that might be anticp pated from the skiTul an
scientific use Of dynamite bomb in crowd OF oaI
room,
| EVEN MOST sQUIRMs WHEN THE BOOK IS READ
Most sqnrmed and waxed wrathfu as he rep eated his
steleotyped answer. like some animal prodded
with stick At last he snarled out: didn't say that
at Kramers Hall the night November H. further
than that decline TO answer the ground etc.. and
thereafter that form of it allowed OF
more vent to his feelings. Waen Mr. NcO at last get
| to passage about recipe for poisoning arrows,
always fatal but high priced" Judge Cowins thought
that that kind Of inquiry had gone far enough
Then Mr. NIcol addressed himself to discovering what
OF anarchy would advocate in open court Nest
said tnat lie IL "C0mnunlstic Asarchis
and fer definition or that hy ybrd sort OF anarchy ne
read printed extract which sounded profound nut was
exceedingly ncoheronL most nOdosty avowed mat he
tnan by force but he feared, though would nuch like
to think otherwise. that thc grand upheaval wsnd not
war as he depicted it, would DO sort or kllkspny
Cat ;" affair with dynamite bombs used freely On both
sides Most said that lie wasn't sppose To one gov
ernment but TO all governments and lie Looked forward
to tIns when the enlightened doctrines OF anarchy
would make peopis good that they would be peace
fully and happily without government or laws except
IN, law OF COED will and good sense.
r. Il llesflO
Ia suprvpo Being. Mr.. Howe objected on tae ground
that nne"nsttutonal-that the Constitution pro
tected against any attempt to create prejudice
against HIM because Of his religions belief Mr.
NIcoll argued tina, It was admissible and a
wordr warfare essucd which speedily took thooegica
turn. Judge Corns observed tnat his experience had
been that saths dlist nave mneh enect III resstnIus
pespe from lying who bent ON lying, whether they
believed IN supreme Being or no. ana . ne ould DC
well csnent Ia the usual oa adm IN court
law absished. nevertheless he would permit the ques
Affected the witness credibty Most quietly
lie didn't believe Being and that ended the
i' GSt sy ' f a .s at Sn M M o%e to
for Most while Mr Niceli took volnminsus notes.
APPEALING To THE CONSTITUTION.
Mr. Howe's speech delivered in his usual vein.
He appealed the Con-st-too -shun, dated on the
necessity OF preserving free speech. inmated that II
up would be long before the news
papers shut up also pointed cut how the evidence
of tue people ddersd from that OF the
tue defence, declared that he former were
AL liar, and the Latter ali trHe nes rrjocri In ha'lng
! the good f.rtune 10 defend man Who
wa. 80 innocent OF tue charge brought against him
wa. Mos. ON mi, OCCASION owryer sdions we're tho prlu
crls that he taught, AMI With tho utmost csndeLce
awaited verdict OF the jury. 1t was nsticeaois how
carefully he abssined from aging anything ABOUT his
ellen that the widest inAg nation could distort into
anything 60 npllmentary
MIR. NrcoLL DEvOrEs HIMSELF 70 FACTS.
Then came Mr. Nicolls turn He didn't In
dnzc in any oratorca flights, aud, therefore, had
more time 10 10 the facts OF
the case lie rayerseJ testimony of tho witnesses
had
dctcd anshsr through FAILURE. as he believed TO
learn corr ecty lesson That had been set iasn ihoy
all Anarchists lie s"d' and none ot tue~
IN >uprsiuc Beng Where h1a asserted that tney
Anarchists erosseNduiA~tsh showed that they
Mr Nicen said that didn't thiuk that the evidence
VI sucu should be allowed to outweigh tho testimony
tne defence, who uaI no other "Oleet
IN view tnan 1. tell the ruin. lie gave summary OF
which was not al all OF the SORT mat
lie oIpstatsl OIL tue enorni'y OF the offence OF
men wh. to coun r. Hn"fe they were 'crVel
wits bouuulc-. hOspitaiD ard HAD every oppsi itulty
for adv asccen open tie plotted to overthrow the
G-,.tnueut and ui.Ae war upsn s,cloIy MI NlcoHs
| summing up was logical ana lOIcIOIc'
SOOTHING EFFDCr OF JUDGE CowING's CHARGE.
Judge cowi,s. charge fell like oil upon the troubled
water. Recent occurrences" lie said have made tais
Of unusual Atcrest to tue people OF the citj tno
state and may say NnOle UHtsl states The pro-
PIE OF this laI become hat Within the last
lew t.ere ss~e, comparatively lev, p.lsOhs
amOug WHO are syowed euenics or our Ins lutlshs
Many look upon The detenJant as the most prsmieht
5nt Ia III. person. bc lie Anarchist social
is or Nlust, bo he PrUrs ant MAuOnstan or whae"cr
sect to chooses 10 attach himself, cones here
tIied laly AM lnpSrta!y Dy All tue sAieEuaids
wuIcI IN. law y0uchsa.es be the best In the lsud
Yuu are try efrDsaut the specific charge IN
Inuct,cnt lie not OH isl Tor All tns acts e hIs
he; lie Is Oh tTa isr his nres OF MS ci eed wh"
that be he Is ca led upon 10 answer De!sie
this for specific chaT" nsnilohed III thls IN
uctmcni. and lie ~l ue pronuncrd guy or nhOcent on
that charge and On that ehargc si0ue ,,,
Judge NJ here read tIe ION ot the code which
denued the cnInc with "hch Most was charged, AT
teuptI"g aud threatening any act tending tow"ru a
st.i. he c.ti,Iuued prsv.e, that every Ierson shall
have r.ut write and prut ani speak whatever ne
chooses long lie does net snuss tue prlyisgo rs
freedom con,e 1t j. freedom bounded b, law In
this country do not tolerate license We do freedon
W. who are to tho MAJOR born. marvel that in this
I'd aI,crulent IL open AL tuat any psrs0us shouhi
c.me country Aud be dissatisfied w'th us RUE
Msst. II ho any appreca lou, must appreciate
the value Of American Institutions under when for-
.lgner, IA citlzcn nor In sympathy Win American
petu.ds has the same far Impartial lrlAi thst
gatanlsed 10 every American clIizcu before Judge
and jury who responsible not 10 any moaarch OF
Jndrs CowIus then briefly poincd oIt tuat were
three witnesses srlo wno s"ore that Nest maIe
OF language tn't made hun a'"ensblc 10 we raw,
and there were several witnesses the other side VINO
swsro that ho hai sot used any snch language upss
the conflicting aec.unts oI his speech Deors tns , is
jurors were To exercise their Judgment; .hrc ,uo
giving the defendant the bencht OF every reasono'o
doubt
MOST TALKS All, ,Ur HIS PRISON LIFE. /
The Jury WAS out four aud half hours II seemed
long time to the group of court officers reporters anu
other. VINO were waiting for the verdict but no man
se.ucd TO suffer less from anxiety than the man most
couc.rned iu it, II at all fearful OF the reaut he con
ceacd his trepiation admirably. He chatted TO the
reporters freely gayy, and showed that ne pos
s,s,,d "A lnd OF huuor with wnci tbOsc VINO hil seen
hl on witness-stand or making spee;hes hau not
credited him He discourscd about his prison expert
eurc which had been extensive and varied. But the
frrer the institutions country IN which he was I'M
pfisuned the worse he Jared. ,,.
I'm Austria where h.' first imprisoned TOT hlRh
trras,n he WAS treated with the utmost Difference ne
was assigned a large room. no WORK was eAacleuoi
him aud ne allow ed plenty OF exercise In 1eruahy
the prison accommodation was not so good IN inEia
M Crrkenwcl 1t was still worse aud he had 10 hrhu
SHIRTS aud pick oakum. But on Backwcils Isl uu,
he said the cell only half the size OF that hfu AZ
C'Ierkeuwell had to do the work OF "A blacksmith. III
short experienced what the title OF my oook NIis
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